Joliet stabbing now a murder case

October 30, 2002

A 25-year-old Joliet man has been charged with murder in the death of a teenager who died last week of stab wounds suffered earlier this month in a quarrel over money.

Ronnie Stackhouse of the 200 block of Illinois Street was arrested Oct. 2, the day of the alleged quarrel, and originally was charged with aggravated battery in the stabbing of Andrew Anderson, 17, of the 900 block of North Broadway Street in Joliet and a second man, Darryl Moore, 18.

The charge against Stackhouse was upgraded to murder Monday after Anderson died of his wounds in Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood. Moore was treated for his injuries at Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet.

The stabbings, which occurred in a parking lot at Stackhouse's apartment complex, followed an argument the three had earlier in the day over money the two victims allegedly owed Stackhouse, police said.

Anderson was stabbed in the leg and ruptured an artery, police said.

Stackhouse's bond, originally set at $75,000 on the aggravated battery charge, was raised to $1 million.